Tank for medicating water.



N0. 69|,290. Patented Jan. l4,v I902.

C. W. PERKINS. TANK FOR MEDICATING WATER.

(Application filed May 20, 1901.)

(No llodel.)

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CHARLES W. PERKINS, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

'TANK' FOR MEMDIICATING WATER.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 691,290, dated'January14, 1902.

Application filed May 20,1901.

Serial No. 61,156.' (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES W. PERKINS, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Tanks for Impregnating and Medicating Water, of-

which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention has relation to improvements in tanks for medicating water;and it consists in the novel arrangement and combination of parts, morefully set forth in the specification and pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a middle vertical transverse section of thedevice. Fig.

2 is a front elevation thereof, and Fig. 3 is atop plan with a portionof one of the lids and the bottom of the cold-water basin broken away toshow interior of the main chamber.

The object of my invention is to construct a tank or retort in which thevapors risingfrom the slow combustion of certain medical compositionsare caused to impregnate pure water to impart to the latter certaincurative properties, whereby the water so impregnated may be used formedicinal purposes.

In detail the invention may be described as follows:

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a tank of suitableproportions'made of wood or cement, the same being provided with toplids 2. Disposed at a suitable distance below the upper edge thereof isa floor 3, forming the roof of the main chamber of the tank and at thesame time the bottom of a cold-water compartment or basin, into whichthe pure water is initially introduced. The fioor 3 is provided withopenings closed temporarily by plugs 4, which when withdrawn permit thewater to run into V'shaped troughs 5, having bottom perforations toallow the water to drip from them through the chamber of the tank. Thebottom of the latter is divided into two compartments by a division wall6, at the top of which is disposed a platform 7 on a level with thebottom of a manhole closed by a gate 8. On each side of and below theopposite longitudinal edges of the platform 7 are disposed inclinedplates 9, allowing the water which drips from the troughs 5 to be caughtand delivered in sheets to the bottom of the purpose to presentlyappear, the water at the bottom of the tank being withdrawn throughfaucets 11.

Inserted into the tank through the manhole and allowed to rest on theplatform 7 is an open box B, lined with asbestos, into which has beenpreviously placed an intimate mixture of approximately ten pounds offlowers of sulfur, one and one-half pounds of powdered nitrate of soda,and one pound of powdered chlorate of potash. This mixture is ignited,the door 8, Iisclosed, and the mixture allowed to burn slowly within thetank. The products of combustion and vapors rising from the boxencounter the particles of water dripping from the troughs 5 andimpregnate the water, the latter further dissolving such Vapors afterreaching the bottom of the tank. During the combustion of the mixturereferred to naturally more or less quantity of solid particles will bemechanically carried upward by the rising vapors, and to prevent thissediment from landing on the medicated water at the bottom of the tankIemploy the deflecting-plates 10 to intercept such solid particles, thewater finding its way to the bottom of the tank. The water thus becomescharged and fully impregnated with the vapors while it is split up intosmall particles and while the latterare in motion. To secure the bestresults, the water in the basin on top of the floor 3 is kept cool, andin the summer-time a certain quantity of ice is introduced thereinto, sothat the temperature may not rise above 40 Fahrenheit, practicedemonstrating that cool water will combine to better advantage with thevapors aforesaid.

It is to be understood, of course, that I may depart in a measure fromthe details herein shown without affecting the nature or spirit of myinvention.

Having described my invention, what I claimis- 1. In a device of thecharacter described, a suitable tank, a water-basin above the same,plugs at the bottom of the basin, troughs located below the plugs, thebottoms of the cated below the plugs, the bottoms of the troughs beingperforated, a vertical divisionwall at the base of the tank, a platformon said division-wall for the support of a vaporgenerating compound,inclined plates on each side of the longitudinal edges of the platformlocated below the troughs, and overlapping deflecting-plates between theinclined plates and the inner walls of the tank, the parts operatingsubstantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES XV. PERKINS. Witnesses:

EMIL STAREK, G. L. BELFRY.

